St. Josef (Oberhausen)

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St. Josef (Oberhausen) on the banks of the Olef

St. Josef is the Roman Catholic branch church of the Schleiden district of Oberhausen in the Euskirchen district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The church is dedicated to St. Joseph of Nazareth and belongs to the parish of St. Philippus and Jakobus, Schleiden.

location

The church building is located on the western outskirts of Oberhausen directly on the edge of the forest at the end of the street Am Rundenbaum. The river Olef flows past on the east side .

history

At the beginning of the 20th century, a chapel was built in Oberhausen, which was destroyed in the Second World War and then rebuilt by the residents of the village. In the mid-1950s, the chapel was no longer enough for the believers in Oberhausen and in 1955 the local mayor turned to the vicariate general with a request for permission to build a church. In 1957 he was followed by the chairman of the chapel building association with the same concern. The diocese of Aachen approved the project and from 1961 to 1963 today's branch church was built according to plans by the Bonn architect Norbert Hieronymi . On May 1, 1963, the new church was given a name .

Building description

View into the nave to the apse

St. Josef is a single-nave aisle church in modern forms from the 1960s with a north-south orientation. The bell tower is free-standing. In the north there is a semicircular apse . The nave is spanned by a gable roof , which is clad inside with wood. The entire building is plastered white. The faithful are offered 160 seats.

Furnishing

There is modern equipment in the interior. The tabernacle and high altar date from the 1960s. In the entrance area there are stained glass windows by Ernst Jansen-Winkeln from 1962. The organ is the work of the Gebr. Vermeulen organ builder from Weert and was built for the Heerlen monastery church. In 1979 the instrument was moved to Oberhausen and revised by the Hellenthal company Weimbs Orgelbau and provided with a new brochure based on plans by Franz Reidt. The organ has 12 registers and an electro-pneumatic action .

Web links

Commons : St. Josef  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 594.
  2. ^ Schleiden-Oberhausen, Catholic Church of St. Josef. In: Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhundert eV Accessed on October 13, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen 3rd edition, published by the Episcopal General Vicariate, Aachen 1994, p. 594.

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '44.1 "  N , 6 ° 27' 50.9"  E